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Vickers, Peter; And Others – Online, 1988
Three articles discuss information brokering in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Argentina. A sidebar describes the Working from Home Forum on CompuServe, which is available to information consultants/brokers worldwide. (MES)
Descriptors: Consultants, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries, Information Scientists
Clancy, Steve – Database, 1988
Discusses the various forms of computer viruses and the threat they pose to online databases. Available protection programs are described, and a list of online sources of protection programs and news is provided. (14 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Electronic Mail, Microcomputers
McCormick, John – Science Probe, 1991
Describes how anyone with a personal computer and a telephone can easily go "online" with hundreds of different bulletin board services (BBS), many of which are ideal data sources and information exchanges for amateur scientists. Lists contact information for selected commercial and governmental BBS systems. (Author/JJK)
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Microcomputers, Modems
Dern, Daniel P.; Balas, Janet L. – Computers in Libraries, 1993
This special section presents two articles relating to accessing online systems. The first article discusses power availability for portable computers, including batteries and electrical outlets; the second describes two bulletin board systems that provide information about the Internet and its resources for librarians and patrons. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electricity, Electronic Mail, Information Networks
Mihalevich, J. Richard; McClaskey, Michael – 1988
This manual for a workshop on the use of telecommunications in the schools begins by presenting a connection decision chart, the session objectives, and the agenda. Information presented for the workshop covers the basic concepts and elements of telecommunications; the specific elements of a telecommunications system; the evaluation and selection…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Dial Access Information Systems, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education
Gray, Peter J. – 1984
This guide discusses four types of microcomputer-based communication programs that could prove useful to evaluators: (1) the direct communication of information generated by one computer to another computer; (2) using the microcomputer as a terminal to a mainframe computer to input, direct the analysis of, and/or output data using a statistical…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Data Processing, Databases
Williams, Brian – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Explains a series of 39 slides used in a presentation covering guides to libraries on the Internet computer network; other INTERNET resources, including bibliographic databases, catalogs, and online services; BITNET servers and LISTSERVS, and the MicroUser's computer conference sponsored by the Library and Information Technology Association…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
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Percival, J. Mark – Online Review, 1990
Discusses the growing importance of the use of Graphic User Interfaces (GUIs) with microcomputers and online services. Highlights include the development of graphics interfacing with microcomputers; CD-ROM databases; an evaluation of HyperCard as a potential interface to electronic mail and online commercial databases; and future possibilities.…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Databases, Electronic Mail, Futures (of Society)
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Zander, Richard H. – BioScience, 1987
Describes TAXACOM, an online service of the Clinton Herbarium of the Buffalo Museum of Science in New York. Discusses "Flora Online" which is the first electronic serial to receive a number from the Library of Congress and a Latin translation service for biologists needing help composing Latin descriptions of new taxa. (TW)
Descriptors: Botany, Classification, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software
Computers in Libraries, 1992
Describes new products that relate to document delivery, including a wireless electronic mail connection; multivendor office integration software to exchange electronic mail; analog film recorders; an electronic messaging system for personal computer local area networks; software for transferring data files; voice message delivery systems; and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Equipment, Electronic Mail
Lowenthal, Ralph A. – 1989
Bibliographers and librarians are aware of the new information technologies in information storage and retrieval. CD-ROMs and online database systems are two technologies used daily to assist users in accessing needed information. Although these resources are lacking in the fields of journalism and mass communication, possibilities for…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Mail, Information Retrieval
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Detemple, Wendelin – Online Review, 1989
Discusses expected future developments in full text databases (FTDs) in three main areas: host-based menu-driven systems; menu and front end interfaces on gateway and mailbox services; and microcomputer or front end computer-based systems which already have good retrieval interactions and input output processing features. (24 references)…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Expert Systems, Full Text Databases, Futures (of Society)
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Teles, Lucio; Duxbury, Nancy – 1991
The Networked Classroom was implemented by the Southern Interior Telecommunications Project (SITP) to provide computer mediated communication (CMC) to teachers and students in the southern region of British Columbia. The Networked Classroom uses telecommunication networks to link teachers and students from different locations, to support their…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Distance Education, Electronic Mail
Serafin, Ana Gil – 1998
This study examined the e-mail interactions of teachers who were graduate students in an educational leadership program at a commuter university. Participants attended a 3-hour-per-week course. The instructor inserted into the course syllabus an assessment plan that required computer use, making the students responsible for accessing the…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduate Students
Reppert, James E. – 1996
This paper outlines methods for students in an introductory speech course at Southern Arkansas University to use microcomputers as essential research tools in class assignments. The outline is divided into seven projects, each with two objectives and a list of activities and procedures: (1) speech of introduction; (2) impromptu speech; (3)…
Descriptors: Assignments, Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Mail
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